Credited with laying the foundation for the breed, dog expert, Sergey Smelkov, led a two-decade effort to develop the br...
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Who Was That Masked Bandit?
It took us a long time to find a photo of a Leonberger without a discernible mask. The best we could do is a photo of ...
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Les Merveilleux Quatre Yeux!
From the horse world to the dog world, there are many names given to the markings on the animals we love, and a few of t...
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Happy Almost Strawberry Day!
We unapologetically drag you through the three paragraphs having to do with language and food to get to a breed develope...
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To Stay Closer to the Gods
A secluded mountain top spot is found so that the dog is closer to the gods, and to keep people from treading over his o...
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Her Friends were Briards – and the Beatles
Cilla ended up marrying her sweetheart, Bobby, and together they had three sons. Our interest in Cilla isn't just in t...
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Big Head Todd*
A bit clarification may be helpful here to make visual imagery easier, and to that end, we share the words, proportion a...
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Is There a Problem Here?
We find this aspect of the breed to be worth pointing out because a part of the breed standard calls for the Brittany's ...
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Following in Paul Bunyan’s Footsteps
Paul Bunyan and his companion, Babe, account for the many lakes and ponds of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, created...
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Chat GPT Meets “Moving Close”
Remember that when a dog trots, he or she should be "moving in the same planes." Her legs should move diagonally in two ...
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Putty Nosed
What do some dog people do for fun in their "off" hours? ...
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Clumbers Make Pantone’s “Hit Parade”
We take advantage of a Pantone "Color of the Year" to mention the only AKC breed that mentions "rose" in terms of color,...
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The Saint and the Dragon
We like to have fun with legends and myths, and don't promote the idea that dragons are real. Or are they?...
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Argo, Brita, Lejdy, and Sarik
The result of an experiment in the 1950s was a new breed that was quick learning, rarely barked, had better navigational...
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“Ol Red:” Bloodhound & Bluetick “Love”
On an inky dark night, he escaped from the prison and headed north in the direction of Tennessee. The warden turned Ol' ...
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Look, Up in the Sky!!
Potential owners of the breed need to be aware of the breed's "relationship" with birds if there are feathered pets in t...
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Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun)
As of this writing, no AKC recognized breed standard mentions this word, but that will change when the Danish-Swedish Fa...
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The Podenco Valenciano
Answers to the question reveal that the breeds many of us own and love are - for other people - out-of-reach dogs, if ...
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The “Indian Doberman”
Blame the Brits who occupied India in the mid 19th century for calling the Pandikona dog the "Indian Doberman." In the...
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Rocking Around (the Poodle tonight)…..
Always a dog person, Brenda made the newspapers on December 31, 1962 for the wrong reason: Then 18 years old, she and si...
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